From his office at the marine science building on the campus of Savannah State University (SSU), Dr. Matt Gilligan, professor and coordinator of the institution’s marine sciences program, need only gaze through his open door to survey the vast salt…
At a time when GEORGIA’S leaders continue to seek an-swers to traffic congestion, transit funding and aging infrastructure issues, community improvement districts, or CIDs, are pushing ahead with creative solutions to the region’s most pressing problems. Georgia has more than…
Paul Amos II can sum up his passions with three words: A duck, a Dawg and Duke. The duck refers to the popular advertising icon for Aflac, the insurance giant and family business where Amos serves as president of Aflac…
Earlier this decade, Georgia’s information industry took a big hit from the collapse of the technology bubble. Although the industry was not the epicenter of the “Great Recession,” spending for information services declined, further intensifying the industry’s ongoing job losses.…
I'm going to forecast two words you'll be hearing often after this November election. The words will be spoken with a slight smile or a smirking sneer, depending on the direction you prefer your networks and talking heads to lean.…
It takes a while to traverse the 906 square miles of Ware County, the largest county east of the Mississippi, but it is a pleasant drive through seemingly endless stands of forests, some 474,000 acres of trees interrupted by just…
They’re calling it Rome’s summer of 42 million – that’s dollars of new business expansions that have unfolded in recent months. “That’s a pretty good investment in this economy during a recession summer,” declares Heather Seckman, director of economic development…
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